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Journey West: Brave the Unknown, Discover New Horizons

Explore the reasons behind westward migration in the 1800s and discover the hardships and opportunities that awaited pioneers. Engage in classroom activities, examine primary sources, and create persuasive advertisements to understand the allure of the frontier.

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Journey West: Brave the Unknown, Discover New Horizons

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  1. Today’s Question: Would you take the dangerous journey west?

  2. Activities: • Notes/class discussion: Why did people move west? • Gallery Walk: Westward Expansion primary sources • Advertisement: would you travel west?

  3. Brainstorm:Why were people moving west?How did they get there?

  4. Why did people move west? Manifest Destiny: The idea that the United States should expand its territory from the _________ Ocean to the _________ Ocean.

  5. Why did people move west? In the mid-1800s, the population in the eastern states was _________ quickly. There was plenty of cheap, fertile ________ available out west. The west had more natural resources: _________ for logging and fertile _________for farming.

  6. Why did people move west? In 1848, _________ was discovered in California. People from the eastern United States, Mexico, China, and South America came pouring in for the California gold rush.

  7. Why did people move west? __________ __________traveled west in search of freedom.

  8. How did they get there? Pioneers traveled by covered wagon on overland trails: --_______ Trail --_______Trail --_______ Trail --_______ Trail Transportation was becoming ______ and _______ --steamboats --canals (Eerie Canal) --trains

  9. Trails heading west:

  10. Primary and Secondary Source Gallery Walk: You will be walking from source to source with your table group. Look at each source carefully and fill in your chart. You will have 5 minutes for each source.

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  13. Source 3: Diary of Catherine Sager, young girl traveling with her family on the Oregon Trail in 1844 “We had by this time got used to climbing in and out of the wagon when in motion. When performing this feat that afternoon my dress caught on an axle helve and I was thrown under the wagon wheel, which passed over and badly crushed my limb before father could stop the team. He picked me up and saw the extent of the injury when the injured limb hung dangling in the air. In a broken voice he exclaimed: "My dear child, your leg is broken all to pieces!" The news soon spread along the train and a halt was called. A surgeon was found and the limb set; then we pushed on the same night to Laramie, where we arrived soon after dark. This accident confined me to the wagon the remainder of the long journey.”

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  15. Source 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VYs9yLaWmg&index=16&list=PLnFrDeFoh1ckCFs4IcInaOwXGpbVu7QrX

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  18. Advertisement: Create an advertisement convincing people to either travel west or stay in the east. Use primary sources to support your argument.

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